Date:         Wed, 30 Jun 1999 07:53:28 -0500
Reply-To:     Joachim Beek <beekj@GHG.NET>
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From:         Joachim Beek <beekj@GHG.NET>
Subject:      Re: Clutch Use/NEW THREAD??
Comments: To: Austin <austins@IX.NETCOM.COM>
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At 18:34 6/29/99 -0700, Austin wrote:
>This is my entry for longest clutch life on the list;  '77 Rabbit that
>taught 5 (five!) teenagers to drive in 135K miles.  At that point rebuilt
>the engine so clutch was replaced while the engine was out - Friction
>Materials told me the clutch disc wasn't even half gone!
>
>Austin
>

I can top that!  78 Scirocco with 178000 miles and original clutch (still
going strong, I might add), apparently abused because I usually remember to
take it out of gear only at reaaaally long lights  ;^)

Joachim

Joachim and Belinda and Hobi and Griffin in Houston, TX
...and now Lucky, the rescue kitten, too!
beekj@ghg.net

"Insisting on perfect safety is for people who don't have the balls to
live in the real world."